We are salivating at the prospect of supporting this year’s CHRISTMAS LECTURES with an I’m a Scientist ‘The Truth About Food’ debate kit, and activity theme running from 6 January 2025.
Find out what’s happening and how you can be part of it below!
In this year’s Royal Institution’s CHRISTMAS LECTURES, Dr Chris van Tulleken will explore the fundamental impact that food has on our own health and that of the planet.
Chris will cover everything from our jaw anatomy, to the microbiome, how food becomes our fuel, and evolving diets. Chefs, scientists, and animals will join Chris to reveal how food and our interactions with it change over time.
🗨️ ‘The Truth About Food’ Chats
From January to July, the I’m a Scientist The Truth About Food theme will connect school students with CHRISTMAS LECTURE contributors and other scientists who help us to understand humans’ relationship with food.
The wide-reaching theme will get students and scientists talking about a huge variety of STEM topics. They could be discussing anything from where our food comes from and the biochemistry of what’s in it, to how our digestive system has evolved to match changing diets.
Chats will feature people working in diverse fields that explore our food and how it affects us. Students can find out how this is changing too, and see how science is making sure our food is safe for us and our planet, now and in future.
🙋 Debate Kits
Continue the conversations in class with our new ‘The Truth About Food’ Debate Kit. The kit asks: Do we have free choice over what we eat?
Teachers, order your free printed Debate Kit ❯
🎓 Teachers:
This cross-curricular topic matches to your students Science, Design and Technology and PSHE learning.
Book a The Truth About Food themed Chat to connect your students with scientists whose work advances our knowledge of humans’ relationships with food.
Teachers: book a Chat
✍️ Scientists:
We’ve got spaces for scientists and support staff to join in the conversations.
Anyone in a role related to food, our relationship with it, where it comes from, or how it affects us is encouraged to sign up!
Scientists: sign up
The I’m a Scientist student-led activity has been complementing the CHRISTMAS LECTURES series since 2014.